Detailed information
Dimensions
60 x 45 x 22
mm
Weight
74 g
Locality
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz) Banská Bystrica Region Slovakia
Condition
No recorded repairs
An interesting miniature of Sphalerite on Chalcopyrite with Quartz from the Banská Štiavnica polymetallic deposit in Slovakia. This mining district lies within the central zone of a former large stratovolcano and contains both precious and base metals. Well-developed black Sphalerite crystals up to 8 mm are perched over larger, golden brassy Chalcopyrite crystals on a bed of needle-like, colourless to milky Quartz crystals. It is accompanied by a modern collector’s label yet the specimen has a patina which suggests it has resided in other collections for many years!
